McLarens
Making sure Father Christmas is covered
Insurance Post editor Emma Ann Hughes has made a list of Santa Claus’s risks and got the insurance industry’s leading lights to check it twice in order to recommend products plus services for the man tasked with delivering a holly, jolly Christmas this year.
Repair costs high as aviation sector grapples with ‘transformational stage’
The aviation sector is at a “transformational change” with new materials changing the profile of claims and pushing up costs, McLarens Aviation managing director Trehane Oliver has told Post.
Lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage
Laura Miller examines how the CrowdStrike outage impacted various insurances, including property, business interruption, professional liability, D&O and product liability insurances.
Cila elects Global Risk Solutions' Humphrey as president
Adam Humphrey, CEO of CCS & GRS International at Global Risk Solutions, has been elected as the new president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters and has his eyes on the professional body expanding internationally.
Longworth’s AI Code of Conduct has a ‘shelf life’
Eddie Longworth’s voluntary artificial intelligence (AI) code of conduct for the claims industry has a “shelf life”.
Insurers brace for global IT outage claims
Last week’s global IT outage is expected to lead to insurance claims, with companies across the sector closely monitoring its impact.
Why loss adjusting is not just a science – it is an art
While technology has created new ways of carrying out inspections, accessing information and communicating, how loss adjusting has managed to remain an art rather than simply a science is explored in the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Cila’s latest hire aims to boost membership
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has hired former Dulwich College donor engagement manager Sarah McAvoy-Edwards to boost membership numbers and increase uptake of qualifications.
Sedgwick reveals how carbon neutrality was achieved in the UK
Insurers have approached Sedgwick for guidance on lowering their carbon footprints, after the loss adjusters achieved carbon neutrality in the UK.
How is insurance stepping up amid election uncertainty?
With a record number of elections in 2024 set to introduce substantial unpredictability into an already volatile risk environment, Edmund Tirbutt examines how insurance is engendering resilience amidst unrelenting geoeconomic uncertainty.
NSM buys AllClear owner; Axa’s Uefa partnership; Brown & Brown’s UK retail CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
McLarens reports data from 230 offices for sustainability certification
McLarens has collected carbon footprint data from 230 offices to become the first insurance sector company to gain the Planet Mark certification.
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List 2024 revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List reflects how claims inflation combined with the Consumer Duty caused some providers to shift their focus and disruptors found it is easier to send a rocket into space than enter the UK insurance market.
Stephen Wallace, McLarens
Steven Wallace is managing director of EMEA for global claims services provider McLarens and is the current president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
How insurance supports the growth of Glasgow
Analysis: Frances Stebbing investigates how insurance supports the growth of Glasgow and how the city is gaining ground against London for attracting and retaining fresh talent.
Cila president insists loss adjusters are far from dead
Far from being on a pathway to extinction, Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters’ president Steven Wallace has claimed his part of the insurance industry has “never been more relevant”.
Turbulence in the aviation insurance market
Between the aftershocks of a global pandemic and the spectre of losses resulting from the seizure of aircraft in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, Harry Curtis explores how the 2020s got off to a turbulent start for aviation insurers.
How cyber insurance is changing
Post Podcast: Martin Swann, managing director of financial and professional risks division at Jensten Insurance Brokers, said health warnings around use of artificial intelligence are likely to appear in cyber insurance policy wordings sooner rather than…
Axa’s schemes directory; McLarens’ UK entertainment team; Markerstudy rebrands broker platform
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Insurance chiefs who smashed ceilings now walk on broken glass
Editor’s View: On International Women’s Day, Emma Ann Hughes argues the insurance industry needs to battle against ‘diversity fatigue’ and acknowledge the fight for inclusivity must continue until barriers to women’s career progression and equal pay are…
How women are smashing insurance’s glass ceilings
Ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March), Insurance Post Editor Emma Ann Hughes examines how glass ceilings in insurance are being smashed and whether presenteeism rearing its ugly head could stunt further female progress in the industry.